were met in britain by local rugby administrators , including an official of england ' s rugby football union ( rf ##u ) . the first match of the tour was against surrey , where the team became the first new zealand side to perform a ha ##ka , and also the first to wear an all black uniform . that the team was predominantly maori provoked curiosity from the british press – at the time , most brit ##ons had not seen non @ - @ white people – but there was some surprise that the team were not as " maori " as had been expected . " they are not unlike europeans , " a scottish reporter wrote in november 1888 ; " that is
were met in britain by local rugby administrators, including an official of england's rugby football union ( rfu ). the first match of the tour was against surrey, where the team became the first new zealand side to perform a haka, and also the first to wear an all black uniform. that the team was predominantly maori provoked curiosity from the british press – at the time, most britons had not seen non @ - @ white people – but there was some surprise that the team were not as " maori " as had been expected. " they are not unlike europeans, " a scottish reporter wrote in november 1888 ; " that is